I've been thinking recently about what I appreciate and value about DK. This is pretty much the only place where I write and participate in an online community. And there's plenty that I find frustrating and annoying here. But there's also a lot I appreciate.
So today's edition of Last Most Beautiful is a DailyKos edition - what was the last most beautiful moment that you experienced here?
I still remember being schooled by Spit on transgender issues in a diary I wrote way back - http://www.dailykos.com/...
I wouldn't write that way now, and I didn't necessarily deserve the time that Spit spent with me in discussion, but I'm certainly grateful for it. I started scrolling through my DK diary archives looking for other interesting/beautiful moments but just started distracted reading them and the comments. So I'm going to avoid that, but I realize that DK has really helped me find my voice over the years, and given me a supportive place where I can speak my mind.
I'm grateful for the people I've met in the comments, the diarists and commenters I've learned from. I'm grateful for the supportive and appreciative comments I get. I'm grateful for the conflicts I've participated in. Sometimes I trigger them, sometimes I don't know where they're coming from, but they've helped me become a much more careful writer (and person), and helped me practice being understanding and respectful in situations where that's not my first instinct. I have often been grateful that I chose not to follow my first instinct, and I'm grateful to those who practiced tolerance when I spoke unwisely. I've met numerous people here in conflict, that I later learned to respect and appreciate.
I'm grateful for every time a diary I write gets rescued (I like to believe that they've taken me on as a Worthy Cause). I'm grateful for the first tip, the first comment I get, when I'm hanging out all alone after posting a new diary.
But my last most beautiful moment on DK is Right Now. I hope this diary inspires others to share their Moments of Beauty on DK.